User's Manual

LOSING SYNCHRONIZATION
If the main unit displayed a proper OUT temperature and rainfall rate, but now displays
blanks “--.-C” or “--.—in”, the unit may have lost synchronization. If this occurs, press
the RE-SYNC button of the main unit and the RE-SYNC button on the rain collector.
The base unit will search for the RF signal for 6 minutes and will re-initialize
synchronization with the remote unit.
*DECLINE PRINCIPAL RAIN MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY
One of the features that defines our wireless rain gauge as superior to competition is
Decline Principle Rainfall Technology.
Inside the collector housing there is a teeter bar that has a spoon shaped collector on
each end. When it rains, the rain drains into one of the spoons until the weight of the
rain causes the teeter bar to tip to one side. When the opposing spoon collects enough
rain it will cause the teeter bar to tip the other way. The rate of the rocking back and
forth of the teeter bar is translated into a measurement of rainfall and this data is
transmitted to the base station. The software of competitive units also measures the
rocking back and forth of this teeter motion but has a flaw. When rain is falling steadily
and then slows to a trickle it will give a reading based on the last tip of the teeter bar. It
will assume the same continued rate of rainfall from the last tip and does not recognize
the sudden change. Your Springfield rain gauge with Decline Principal Rainfall
Technology is superior in that it is programmed to account for this sudden difference in
rainfall rate. This translates to more accurate readings.
FCC STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
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